Table signaling device.



H. BUBEGK.

TABLE SIGNALING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED no.1, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

ANS BUBECK, OF- GRAT Z AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

TABLE SIGNALING nnviica.

Specification of Lettersrltatent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application flied December 1, 1911., Serial No.' 663,420.

To all whom it maylconcem:

, Be it 'known. hat I, HANS Buns-cit, a citizen of'the Republic, ofSwitzerland, res1ding at Gratz,-' *1Styria,' Austria-Hungary,

5 have invented ja fcertain Improved .Table Si 'gnalin g Device, "off-1following'fis fa specification.

".-.-The ordinary tabl'e' 'bellsff used in irestair ,rran tg and thelike for: calling the servants, 1-o;havc';t he disadvantage that-they donot ina with certainty at w en table the call fsi fla isg it"; eobjectof the present invention is to remedy this defect and it is achieved bythe ifimination with such a bell of a visible which remains in viewafterthe bell has 'been 'rung, thereby indicating to the "servantswhence the call proceeded.

' In the accompanying drawing the inven- 'onis illustrated by way ofexample, by a ctional view of the improved signaling del e-deviceconsists of a conical casing 1 bich is-supported on a base having a gshaped. depression 2. This casing is tmounted by a head in which arecess is do to receive abrightly colored body 4 by means ofthe latterout of its recess. In

he lower part of the casing L ,a doubleto protrude with. one endout ofthe cas ,the latter having a vertical slot in "h ch the lever is guided.w Another lever H 2,1mountedfn-a shaft 11, is guided in the .;,same.'slot, the outer ends .of both levers being-connected by a linkcarrying a key 13, .byg-means of; which the levers may be de- A link 14is also connected to 40. f th -levers inside the casing 1 and isextended downward so as to actuate, by means fof ajspring 16, adouble-armed lever 17 when Hickey-"13 is depressed. The lever 17 has 18stone end and serves as clapper or abell 21; connected to the bottomplate 1 Bot the casing 1. Apr'ess spring 20 holds {thelevger 17znormallymgainst an abutment la deaus es it to ring the bell when theend".;of the lever rids itself from contact 'with the spring 16 at thedepression of the .k 13.

ivoted to the inner end of the lever 9 is a rod 8 which its upper endguided in a longitudinal slot 6 the rod When arried by a r'o d andadapted to be pushed.

rmed lever 9 is mounted on a 'shaft' so the key 13, the rod 8engages'the rod 5 at the upper end of the slot 6 and raises the body 4out of its recess. To retain the body 4 in raised position, while theother elements are restored to their normal position, a lug 7 isconnected to the rod 5 so as tobeengaged by the nose ofa doublearmedlever 22; the latter being held by a spring 23 against an abutment 24with one end protruding out'of the casing 1 so as to allow of beingdepressed for releasing the body 4. A spring 26, connected to the shaft10 and to the rod 8, tends to hold the levers 9 and 12, together withthe elements connected thereto, in their normal position. A padding 25is arranged in the recess for the body 4-so as to prevent noise when thelatter is dropped. From this arrangement it follows that when the key 13is depressed for ringing the bell, the body 4 will be raised into andretained in. its visible. position. Being'brightly colored and thuseasily perceived it will indicate to the servants where their servicesare wanted. The servant-who answers the call valso presses the lever 22so as to cause the body 4 to drop back into its recess.

Thedepressio'n 2 may be employed for the reception of. matches.

The device may be complemented by "a cigar ashes and burned match holderand may be fitted with advera double armed lever connectingwith its oneend with the lower end of'the second rod and projecting with its otherend from the casing, a key carried by the projecting end of saiddouble'armed lever to allow of depression of same, a second double armedlever connected to said key, alink connect:

ing both levers,-a spring secured: to the link which spring on thedepression of the normally in position, all substantially as lever isadaptedI to opergpe the elforesaid and for the purpose set forth andshown. clapper, and a tiird dou e arme spring influenced lever arrangedat the upper part HANS BUB of the casing and projecting with its lowerWitnesses: arm therefrom, the upper arm providing AUGUST F UGGER, themeans for retaining the colored body ADA MARIA BERGER.

